THE LEGEND STORY of BOROBUDUR

THE LEGEND STORY of BOROBUDUR

As we can see that Borobudur is one of the seven miracles in the world. In our own country this temple is the biggest monument. Borobudur is located in Magelang regency for about 60 kms from Jogya. To reach there can be covered with buses, car or private car. Borobudur is different from Prambanan because its temple is Budhis temple alike Pawon and Mendut.

Borobudur is taken from Sanskreet word such as : Boro means vihara or monastry and Budur means Beduhur or the top (Balinese). Thus, it can be concluded the temple is replaced on the top. This temple has a big formature and large and has many Budhi statues for about 500 statues of Budhis.

Besides Borobudur has bibg and large formature, its temple has consists of terraces. Its terrace has meant the phylosopy of Budhis life. They are : Kamadhatu, Rupadhatu and Arupadhatu. These level describe us such as :

1. Kamadhatu replaces in the Basic or fondation of Borobudur describes the Karma Law.
2. Rupadhatu replaces in the middle level of Borubudur describes the Bhudis Life.
3. Arupadhatu replaces in the top level of Borobudur describes Budhis reaching to the Paradise.

Borobudur is one of Syailendra dynasty’s temples collections and was built exactly by the king Samaratungga.

A LION AND A RABBIT

A rabbit once lived in a forest with a lion. The lion was very proud. He looked down upon the rabbit. He often insulted her and beat her a lot. The rabbit could stand it no longer. She made up her mind to get rid of the lion by a trick.

One day the rabbit came to the lion and said, “Good morning, Sir! Just now I saw an animal over there who looked just like you. He said that he was the king of all the animals in this forest. He told all of us to obey him and be his servants.”

“Yes, I did,” said the rabbit. “I told him how strong you were, but he said that no animal was so strong as he was.”

The lion was very angry and roared, “where is he? Where is he?”

The rabbit took the lion to a deep well and said, “He is down over there in the well.”

The lion hastened to the well and looked angrily at the water. “Yes, there he is, “He roared. He flew down at his enemy into the well and was drowned.